| Show PRICES SWING UPWARD Advance Is Slight but Nevertheless I Never-theless It Counts DEMAND HOWEVER QUIET f Weather Conditions One Cause Such I as Rain in Northwest and Warmer in tho West Lull in Demand for 1 Dry Goods and Shoes From Western t West-ern Jobbers Is However Not Unexpected Un-expected Iron and Steel Continue Active Feature in Cereals Is tho Active Demand for Flour J New York OcL Bradstrcets tomorrow tomor-row will say Some quieting down In 1 the general demand for merchandise Is noted this week partly tho result of weather conditions such as rains in the Northwest and warmer weather nt the West whllo at the South the restricted movement of cotton delayed collections at several l markets The lull In the demand for dry goods clothing and shoes from Western jobbers Is however not unexpected unex-pected being accounted for by the advanced ad-vanced singe of the season A slight upward up-ward swing in prices Is noted this week following the general gain In all staples down In September but the changes m cereals are small whether upward or downward The great mass of prices the country over show few Important changes and this steadiness In fact Is a notable feature fea-ture of the trade situation The feature In sugar Is the pnrtlil restoration of the large reduction made in relined sugdr at the West last week Instead of the SVs cent Quotation of last wc < k Hie Is now asked the laugo orders received ut the lower price making It cerruin that the full reduction was nn extreme one Iron and steel continue In active demand de-mand particularly for the cruder forms I such as pig and for llnlshed products affected af-fected by the recent strike Hardware Is active at nearly all markets and supplies are generally limited SOme weakness in nails Is noted at the East notwithstanding notwithstand-ing active demand but at the West wire mills are behind on orders Special actlv lly In lead and zinc la noted at Western primary points Copper Is In handtomouth demand here but It la to bo noted that spot prices have advanced at London Tin Is higher here In sympathy with the speculative advance ad-vance at tho same market Among cereal products the feature Is the active demand for flour at higher prices Wheat Is a fraction higher on the week on a belief that following the recent I decline caused by the heavily Increased movement at the Northwest and the gala hi visible supply reaction Is due Wheat including Hour exports for the week aggregate ag-gregate 471 S3S bushela ns against G10740 last week and 1232555 lu this week last year Wheat exports July 1st to date fourteen weeks aggregate SOOC317S bushels bush-els as against oVI5S240 last season The boot shoe leather and kindred In dustries are all active and Eastern shoo I shipments arc M per cent larger for the week and 12 per cent larger for the season than a year ago The strength of hides arid I the recent advance In leather however how-ever Is still further narrowing the margin mar-gin of profit In shoo manufacturing Failures In the United States lor the week number 1S3 as against 173 last week 210 In this week a year ago ItM In 1SGO and 233 In 1SDS Canadian failures number 20 as against 29 last week 3 > 3 In this week a year ago 10 In 1830 and 22 in 1SOS |
